Bonkers
adjective
Very crazy or mad, not sensible.
Her cat goes bonkers if there's a mouse in the house.
Often appears as...
- go bonkers
- drive someone bonkers
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
adjective
Very crazy or mad, not sensible.
Her cat goes bonkers if there's a mouse in the house.
Often appears as...
- go bonkers
- drive someone bonkers
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
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Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Use
Used more in casual conversation than in formal writing or professional environments.
I'm not going to that restaurant again, the last time their service was absolutely bonkers!
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Expresses a high level of madness or craziness, often in a humorous way.
The game last night was bonkers; I've never seen anything like it!
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Connotation
Can convey frustration, annoyance, or amazement when describing a situation or person.
The traffic today was bonkers, it took me two hours to get home.
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Use
Used more in casual conversation than in formal writing or professional environments.
I'm not going to that restaurant again, the last time their service was absolutely bonkers!
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Expresses a high level of madness or craziness, often in a humorous way.
The game last night was bonkers; I've never seen anything like it!
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Connotation
Can convey frustration, annoyance, or amazement when describing a situation or person.
The traffic today was bonkers, it took me two hours to get home.
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial Use
Used more in casual conversation than in formal writing or professional environments.
I'm not going to that restaurant again, the last time their service was absolutely bonkers!
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Expresses a high level of madness or craziness, often in a humorous way.
The game last night was bonkers; I've never seen anything like it!
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Connotation
Can convey frustration, annoyance, or amazement when describing a situation or person.
The traffic today was bonkers, it took me two hours to get home.
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Nice Ice PIPE National...
get it see before mechanical refrigeration was invented in the nineteenth century the only way to get ice was to harvest it they would store the ice in these buildings ice houses and then they would ship it all over the world I mean olden times were completely bonkers how many ice houses were there
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Elon Musk: A future...
How insane is that? It's bonkers, yeah. I mean, how do you handle that psychologically? There aren't many people in the world who have to even think about that. I actually don't think about that too much. But the thing that is actually more difficult and that does make sleeping difficult
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How to saber a bottle of...
bus so there I was doomed to a life of loving champagne but never being able to open a bottle myself now as an independent minded woman that this drove me completely bonkers I did not want to have to depend on people other people my whole life to enjoy the bubbly well
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Let’s put the romance...
as warm fuzzy and slightly bonkers I believe it is a risk worth taking many of us spent the majority of our waking hours at work and yet only 13% of employees worldwide are fully engaged we should not divorce business from our
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What hallucination...
was seeing things, and they wondered if she'd gone bonkers or, because she was an old lady, whether she'd had a stroke, or whether she had Alzheimer's. And so they asked me if I would come and see Rosalie, the old lady.
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Ben Saunders: Three...
have skied solo to the North Pole. And I think the reason for that -- -- thank you -- I think the reason for that is that it's -- it's -- well, it's as Chris said, bonkers. It's a journey that is right at the limit
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Filming A Battle Of Life...
the hyenas are something else they are probably the most eccentric animal i've ever seen they wear kind of bonkers striped leggings and a big baggy jumper they've got a really bohemian look they're like
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Building the Seed...
the UK pavilion and an expo is is a totally bonkers thing there's 250 pavilions it's the world's biggest ever Expo that had ever happened so there are up to million people there every day and
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Thomas Heatherwick:...
So we won the competition to build the U.K. pavilion. And an expo is a totally bonkers thing. There's 250 pavilions. It's the world's biggest ever expo that had ever happened.
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Overboard into Shark...
bonkers but me and the crew are going overboard the only way to understand a shark is to enter their world so it's time to kiss up and join the feast y'all ready to go
Video examples
Nice Ice PIPE National...
get it see before mechanical refrigeration was invented in the nineteenth century the only way to get ice was to harvest it they would store the ice in these buildings ice houses and then they would ship it all over the world I mean olden times were completely bonkers how many ice houses were there
Video examples
Elon Musk: A future...
How insane is that? It's bonkers, yeah. I mean, how do you handle that psychologically? There aren't many people in the world who have to even think about that. I actually don't think about that too much. But the thing that is actually more difficult and that does make sleeping difficult
Video examples
How to saber a bottle of...
bus so there I was doomed to a life of loving champagne but never being able to open a bottle myself now as an independent minded woman that this drove me completely bonkers I did not want to have to depend on people other people my whole life to enjoy the bubbly well
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Let’s put the romance...
as warm fuzzy and slightly bonkers I believe it is a risk worth taking many of us spent the majority of our waking hours at work and yet only 13% of employees worldwide are fully engaged we should not divorce business from our
Video examples
What hallucination...
was seeing things, and they wondered if she'd gone bonkers or, because she was an old lady, whether she'd had a stroke, or whether she had Alzheimer's. And so they asked me if I would come and see Rosalie, the old lady.
Video examples
Ben Saunders: Three...
have skied solo to the North Pole. And I think the reason for that -- -- thank you -- I think the reason for that is that it's -- it's -- well, it's as Chris said, bonkers. It's a journey that is right at the limit
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Filming A Battle Of Life...
the hyenas are something else they are probably the most eccentric animal i've ever seen they wear kind of bonkers striped leggings and a big baggy jumper they've got a really bohemian look they're like
Video examples
Building the Seed...
the UK pavilion and an expo is is a totally bonkers thing there's 250 pavilions it's the world's biggest ever Expo that had ever happened so there are up to million people there every day and
Video examples
Thomas Heatherwick:...
So we won the competition to build the U.K. pavilion. And an expo is a totally bonkers thing. There's 250 pavilions. It's the world's biggest ever expo that had ever happened.
Video examples
Overboard into Shark...
bonkers but me and the crew are going overboard the only way to understand a shark is to enter their world so it's time to kiss up and join the feast y'all ready to go
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Quote examples
Jennifer Garner
American Actress
I've had more acne as an adult than I had as a teenager. After weaning babies, my skin's gone totally bonkers. I didn't even know about dermatologists until I had weaned my first baby, and my skin was so damaged. It was just beyond. And then, I realized, there's a whole doctor who can help you with this.
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Michael Schur
American Writer
People don't seem to make the connection between their tax money and the benefits that they get from their tax money, like free education, and the fire department, and police protection, and everything else. It drives me bonkers, because it's pretty straightforward to me.
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Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, 'Guys, isn't the world bonkers? Aren't we all just trying our best?' There's a tenderness in everything he does.
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Anne-Marie Duff
English Actress
I didn't have a teen age at all. I didn't even look at boys, never mind... then suddenly it was like, 'Oh my god!' So I made up for a lot of lost time very quickly. It was kind of bonkers. Working hard, partying hard - but also experiencing life, you know.
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Ayda Field
American Actress
Rob loves my mum, I think the most in the whole world. They are two peas in a pod and I'm the one on the outside. It makes me even more in love with my husband and with my mum, because she can be bonkers and unconventional and it can be embraced.
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Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
I am a communicator; that seems to be my natural place. And I'll always be passionate about the world, because it's so bonkers.
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Poppy Delevingne
English Model
I'm bonkers about juicing. I got into it when I lived in L.A. - I'd juice three times a day.
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Jade Jones
English Athlete
To have this gold medal around my neck is just bonkers and still hasn't really sunk in.
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Robbie Williams
British Musician
Perhaps I'm absolutely bonkers and don't know it. Perhaps I'm psychotically mental.
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Dominic Holland
English Comedian
I've written 'Eclipsed' as a funny story. It is completely bonkers.
Quote examples
Jennifer Garner
American Actress
I've had more acne as an adult than I had as a teenager. After weaning babies, my skin's gone totally bonkers. I didn't even know about dermatologists until I had weaned my first baby, and my skin was so damaged. It was just beyond. And then, I realized, there's a whole doctor who can help you with this.
Quote examples
Michael Schur
American Writer
People don't seem to make the connection between their tax money and the benefits that they get from their tax money, like free education, and the fire department, and police protection, and everything else. It drives me bonkers, because it's pretty straightforward to me.
Quote examples
Kate McKinnon
American Actress
I admire my boss, Lorne Michaels. He never stops producing. I think, for him, comedy is a tool of compassion, a way of rallying people together and saying, 'Guys, isn't the world bonkers? Aren't we all just trying our best?' There's a tenderness in everything he does.
Quote examples
Anne-Marie Duff
English Actress
I didn't have a teen age at all. I didn't even look at boys, never mind... then suddenly it was like, 'Oh my god!' So I made up for a lot of lost time very quickly. It was kind of bonkers. Working hard, partying hard - but also experiencing life, you know.
Quote examples
Ayda Field
American Actress
Rob loves my mum, I think the most in the whole world. They are two peas in a pod and I'm the one on the outside. It makes me even more in love with my husband and with my mum, because she can be bonkers and unconventional and it can be embraced.
Quote examples
Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
I am a communicator; that seems to be my natural place. And I'll always be passionate about the world, because it's so bonkers.
Quote examples
Poppy Delevingne
English Model
I'm bonkers about juicing. I got into it when I lived in L.A. - I'd juice three times a day.
Quote examples
Jade Jones
English Athlete
To have this gold medal around my neck is just bonkers and still hasn't really sunk in.
Quote examples
Robbie Williams
British Musician
Perhaps I'm absolutely bonkers and don't know it. Perhaps I'm psychotically mental.
Quote examples
Dominic Holland
English Comedian
I've written 'Eclipsed' as a funny story. It is completely bonkers.
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